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If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.

John Tillotson

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John Tillotson
Age: 64 †
Born: 1630
Born: October 10
Died: 1694
Died: November 22
Archbishop Of Canterbury
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